Coastal Health Services, Inc. v. Rozier

176 Ga. App. 240 (1985)

335 S.E.2d 712

COASTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

v.

ROZIER.

70416.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 26, 1985.

Daniell S. Landers, for appellant.

Rudolph J. Chambless, C. Edwin Rozier, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

In June 1982 the late Fannie S. Murray was admitted as a patient, with the diagnosis of chronic brain syndrome, at the Ware Manor nursing home. She was 85 years old at the time, and because of her confused state of mind and propensity to wander, her treating physician advised restraint on an "as needed" basis. On or about July 28, 1982, August 29, 1982,…